Hybrid solar desalination systems driven by parabolic trough and parabolic dish CSP technologies: Technology categorization, thermodynamic performance and …

MM Aboelmaaref, ME Zayed, J Zhao, W Li… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, current status and recent progress in concentrated solar power (CSP)
desalination technology has been presented. Special focus has been considered for …

Systematic review on model predictive control strategies applied to active thermal energy storage systems

J Tarragona, AL Pisello, C Fernández… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the application of model predictive control strategies to
active thermal energy storage systems. To date, model predictive control has been used to …

Operation of a high renewable penetrated power system with CSP plants: A look-ahead stochastic unit commitment model

E Du, N Zhang, BM Hodge, Q Wang… - … on Power Systems, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) generation, ie, wind power and solar
photovoltaic, brings significant uncertainty for the power system operation. Different with …

Reduction of heat pump induced peak electricity use and required generation capacity through thermal energy storage and demand response

B Baeten, F Rogiers, L Helsen - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Shifting residential space heating from the use of gas boilers towards the use of heat pumps
is recognized as a method to reduce green house gas emissions and increase energy …

Dynamic optimization with flexible heat integration of a solar parabolic trough collector plant with thermal energy storage used for industrial process heat

J Immonen, KM Powell - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing need to reduce fossil fuel consumption used for industrial process
heat to slow the effects of climate change. Using solar thermal heat is a viable way to …

Impacts of renewable energy resources on effectiveness of grid-integrated systems: Succinct review of current challenges and potential solution strategies

J Oyekale, M Petrollese, V Tola, G Cau - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study is aimed at a succinct review of practical impacts of grid integration of renewable
energy systems on effectiveness of power networks, as well as often employed state-of-the …

Dispatch optimization of a concentrating solar power system under uncertain solar irradiance and energy prices

G Kahvecioğlu, DP Morton, MJ Wagner - Applied energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of thermal energy storage into a concentrating solar power system allows for
mitigating some of the risk associated with uncertain solar irradiance and uncertain energy …

Economic justification of concentrating solar power in high renewable energy penetrated power systems

E Du, N Zhang, BM Hodge, C Kang, B Kroposki, Q Xia - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants are able to provide both renewable energy and
operational flexibility at the same time due to its thermal energy storage (TES). It is ideal …

Profit-sharing mechanism for aggregation of wind farms and concentrating solar power

Z Wu, M Zhou, J Wang, E Du… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Concentrating solar power (CSP) has been advocated as a promising technology to mitigate
the uncertainty in variable renewables generation due to its thermal storage capability. In …

Hierarchical combination of deep reinforcement learning and quadratic programming for distribution system restoration

MM Hosseini, L Rodriguez-Garcia… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a model for hierarchical combination of deep reinforcement learning
(DRL) with quadratic programming for distribution system restoration after major outages. In …